Rangers fielded a team of very young eleven, every one of which had come through the clubs youth team system. Jake Cole returned to take the goal with a back four of Nathan Stamp, Marien Ifura, David Wattley and Danny Murphy in front of him. In midfield Rangers should have been extremely strong, Dennis Oli lined up on the right with Ben Walshe on the left, Wes Daly and the recuperating Oliver Burgess were central. Up front Richard Pacquette was partnered by Brian Fitzgerald.

Indeed it was Fitzgerald who opened the scoring for Rangers after fifteen minutes, tapping past Paul Jones following good work and a good ball from Oli down the right. Richard Pacquette had an opportunity to double Rangers lead but saw his header come back off the bar whilst at the other end Jake Cole was making good saves to keep the advantage in QPR's favour going into the break. A bright opening to the second half for Orient was snuffed out when Pacquette pulled a good ball back across goal for Oliver Burgess to pounce and score his first goal back in a hooped shirt.

Unfortunately it only took about eight minutes for Orient to get back in the game, midfielder John Martin was brought down in the box and Steve Watts hammered the penalty home. This gave Orient the spark they needed and seemed to sap the young Rangers teams confidence and the match was levelled only ten minutes later when Jabo Ibehre rounded Cole to slot home. Orient piled the pressure on after that and, if not for the impressive Cole in goal may have ended the afternoon with all three points.